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• URN (Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, jar)

URN (See also:

• LAT

Lat. urna, either from See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of urere, to See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn, being made of burnt See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, See also:

• JAR

jar)  , a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel or See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase, particularly one with an oviform See also:

• BODY

body and a See also:

• FOOT

foot . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• TERM

term urna was used primarily of a See also:

• JAR

jar for carrying or See also:

• DRAWING

drawing See also:

• WATER

water, but was also specifically applied to the vessel in which the voting-tablets (tabellae) and lots (sortes) were See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast, whence its figurative use for the See also:

• URN (Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, jar)

urn of See also:

• FATE

fate from which are See also:

• DRAWN

drawn the varying lots of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's destiny . The ashes of the cremated dead were deposited in cinerary urns, a See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom perpetuated by the See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble or other urns placed upon funeral monuments . The Roman urna was also a liquid measure containing See also:

• HALF

half an See also:

• AMPHORA (a Latin word from Gr. aµdopeus, derived from awl* on both sides, and OpeLv, to bear)

amphora, or about 31 gallons . See also:

• MODERN

Modern usage has given the name to large See also:

• SILVER

silver or See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper vessels containing See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea or See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee with a tap for drawing off the liquids and heated either by a spirit See also:

• LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp or, as in the older forms, by the insertion of a hot See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron in a See also:

• SPECIAL

special receptacle placed in the body of the vessel .